9:57 AM,
Oct. 4, 2013

Jeremiah Bean looks at people entering the Fernely Justice Court Tuesday May 21, 2103 for a status hearing. Marilyn Newton/RGJ

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Lyon County will seek the death penalty against the man who allegedly killed five in and near Fernley in May after he rejected n a proposed plea deal today during arraignment, the district attorney's office said.

Jeremiah Bean was originally offered life without parole, but when Lyon County Judge William Rogers began reading the counts against Bean on Tuesday, the 25-year-old man pleaded not guilty. Rogers asked to reconvene today and again Bean pleaded not guilty.